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Self-swabs for COVID-19 comparable to in-clinic detection – Mirage News
Sam Hardy At-home nasal swabs were found to have an acceptable rate of viral detection, said study author Dr. Helen Chu. A small-scale study suggests…
A small-scale study suggests that, among people with high viral loads, self-collected swabs of the midnasal area are comparable to swabs administered by healthcare workers in their ability to detect the virus that causes COVID-19.
The findings are reported in a research letter published today in JAMA Network Open. The lead author is Dr. Denise J. McCulloch, an infectious disease fellow of medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Helen Y. Chu, a UW professor of medicine, …
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